The North American sylva; or A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia, : considered particularly in respect to their use in the arts, and their introduction into commerce; to which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees. Illustrated by 156 coloured copperplate engravings, by Redoute, Bessa, etc.
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3 volumes, 156 leaves of plates 28 cm
Translation of: Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale
"The foundation of the North American sylva, was laid by the laborious researches of the elder Michaux [that is, André Michaux, father of François André Michaux]" --Preface
Translation by Augustus L. Hillhouse, with corrections by the editor
Published together with the continuation by Thomas Nuttall: The North American sylva, or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia, not described in the work of F. Andrew Michaux ... Being the fourth[-sixth] volume of Michaux and Nuttall's North American sylva
Illustrated with hand-colored stipple engravings. "All American editions used the French copperplates."--Stafleu
Illustrators include Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Antoine Redouté, Henri-Joseph Redouté, Pancrace Bessa, Rosine-Antoinette (Bessin) Delaporte, and Adèle Riché; engravers include Marie Joseph Bessin, Renard, Georges Gabriel, J. N. Joly, Boquet, P.A. Cally, and Lse. Fse. Jacquinot
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Translation of: Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique Septentrionale
"The foundation of the North American sylva, was laid by the laborious researches of the elder Michaux [that is, André Michaux, father of François André Michaux]" --Preface
Translation by Augustus L. Hillhouse, with corrections by the editor
Published together with the continuation by Thomas Nuttall: The North American sylva, or, A description of the forest trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia, not described in the work of F. Andrew Michaux ... Being the fourth[-sixth] volume of Michaux and Nuttall's North American sylva
Illustrated with hand-colored stipple engravings. "All American editions used the French copperplates."--Stafleu
Illustrators include Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Antoine Redouté, Henri-Joseph Redouté, Pancrace Bessa, Rosine-Antoinette (Bessin) Delaporte, and Adèle Riché; engravers include Marie Joseph Bessin, Renard, Georges Gabriel, J. N. Joly, Boquet, P.A. Cally, and Lse. Fse. Jacquinot
Includes bibliographical references and index
extracted picklist 20081216
digitized BHLDP 20160920
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